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The IT Learning Centre has selected 50 Lynda courses that we think are particularly useful to members of Ox Uni. You can see this collection at courses.it.ox.ac.uk/whats-on and look for courses which have a format of ‘online’.

You are probably already using Lynda.com (If not why not? It’s a huge FREE collection of high quality online courses), but it can sometimes be hard to find the space and the time to make full use of the courses and videos. Why not book some time away from your desk to come along to a distraction-free room where you can follow a Lynda.com course without interruptions? There will also be someone there whom you can ask for guidance and advice.

Lynda Labs run most weeks and you can come along for all or part of each 2 hour session. Just book ahead of time so that we know to expect you.

The schedule of IT classroom-based courses and workshops for Michaelmas term (Sept-Dec) is live and waiting for you to book! Online courses are available instantly through the University’s subscription to Lynda.com – see the Lynda website for details.

A full list of courses can be found on the IT Learning Centre web pages or login (using your Oxford Single Sign On) to our course booking system and see what’s available. Tips on searching for a course can be found here.

We have courses covering a wide range of topics and this term we are launching a new series of programming courses, starting with VBA, JavaScript and PHP. These ‘Kick-off’ sessions are designed as a hands-on introduction to a programming language for non-programmers.

For more information or advice on which courses would be beneficial to you, email courses@it.ox.ac.uk

There are over 6,000 courses available in Lynda.com – a high quality online library of video based courses that can be watched anytime, anywhere. As a member of the University, you have free access to these courses through your SSO account at courses.it.ox.ac.uk/lynda. One of the few ‘criticisms’ about Lynda.com is that there are so many courses it is hard to know where to start! To help with this, Lynda.com has introduced learning paths – collections of courses that lead you through gaining the skills you need. For example, there is a learning path called ‘I want to be a web designer’. In addition, the IT Learning Centre has selected around fifty Lynda.com courses that we think are particularly useful to the University. You can see this collection at courses.it.ox.ac.uk/whats-on and look for courses which have a format of ‘online’.

We have assembled a great gallimaufry* of tips, tricks and techniques that you can use to improve your IT skills.

Visit http://portfolio.it.ox.ac.uk and explore our range of workbooks, practice exercises, video playlists and helpful articles by our experienced teachers. This summer could be just the opportunity you need to master a new skill or simply to get your documents in good order.

*A glorious, miscellaneous collection (no relation to that place where the Time Lords might live)

Did you know that you can download a wide range of free study materials from the ITLC Portfolio. Visit the Portfolio and type your search terms into the search box and see what pops up!

Lynda.com

All University members have free access to a vast online library of video-based courses at Lynda.com. There are now over 5,000 courses on a range of topics, including IT, management and business skills as well as guidance on career development. The videos can be accessed anytime, anywhere (and you can even watch videos offline if you are travelling).

If you haven’t already signed up, visit our Lynda page and register using your Single Sign-On.

Following on from our recent lynda.com feedback survey, we are pleased to announce the winners of the Easter Egg prize draw. Congratulations to Rebecca Wildsmith, Enzo Liotti, Nicolas Moes and Saied Marham.

We will provide a summary of this feedback in May.

If you have any comments or questions about Lynda.com we would be pleased to receive them, so please contact us at courses@it.ox.ac.uk

It is now eighteen months since everyone in the University has had access to Lynda.com, if you are one of 8.000 people who have taken advantage of the huge collection of courses available we’d be interested in how you make use of Lynda. Please take forty seconds to complete our short questionnaire athttps://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NJPWLMR